Project Grant H234S080079

This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories) provides $132,775.00 to fund the Northern Mariana Islands' annual Prevailing Wage Survey (PWS) from FY 2024 to FY 2029. The PWS will be conducted across the private and public sectors on all three CNMI islands to gather occupational wage data as required by the 2018 Northern Mariana Islands Workforce Act. The prime recipient for...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a $176,424 project grant award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Information Security Grants program (CFDA 12.902), effective August 29, 2025, with a completion date of August 28, 2030. This award supports the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Service Academy (CSA) scholarship initiative, which provides merit-based financial support to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing cybersecurity-related degrees at National...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, will fund the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla to develop a Wetland Program Plan (WPP) for the coastal wetlands of Puerto Rico. The $466,577 award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, will support the university's collaboration with Protectores de Cuencas Inc. and Environmental Mapping...

Federal Grant Award Summary Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $119,981 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for April 30, 2028. Under this CAREER award, WPI will develop a unified framework and interdependent methods to identify and exploit symmetries in multi-agent cooperative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The primary deliverables include research establishing...

The Wisconsin Procurement Institute Education And Training Services (doing business as Wisconsin Procurement Institute Inc.) received a $1.19 million cooperative agreement award from the Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters on August 1, 2021 to provide procurement technical assistance through July 31, 2022. Under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002), the awardee will deliver services to build a strong and sustainable U.S. supply chain by providing...

The International Women's Resource Center (IWRC) will develop $182,823.94 worth of English language educational content under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Funded through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives, the IWRC will create podcasts, videos, social media content and other activities in English for native Russian speakers....

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority (VIWAPA), doing business as Viwapa, under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). This grant, with a performance period from April 25, 2024 to September 30, 2028, will fund the Power Generation Training and Development Program. The program aims to strengthen VIWAPA's workforce capacity and...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $277,155 Project Grant to Wepower under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) federal grant program (CFDA 19.500). The grant will support Wepower's "SPEAK OUT - PROMOTING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN POLICY DECISIONS IN ISSUES OF PEACE AND SECURITY" project from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The project will promote political, economic, and social engagement in the...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $223,550 cooperative agreement to Tie, Inc. to enhance economic participation of young females in Punjab, Pakistan through the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan program (CFDA 19.501). Under the award, Tie, Inc. will provide mentoring opportunities and space for young females in Punjab to develop business ideas from September 30, 2021 to January 31, 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs for...

Federal Grant Award Summary Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a $542,500 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The award supports development of MSHOST, a novel human in vitro genome-wide association platform designed to study Borrelia burgdorferi pathogenesis and genetic susceptibility to Lyme disease. This three-year research initiative...